European Movement President Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP, speaking in the House of Commons debate on European affairs on Tuesday 9 December, called for renewed debate on future British membership of the euro.
The case for joining the euro had to be addressed because of the current economic situation, he argued:
“It is sad that it has taken such calamitous circumstances [the recession] for the debate to begin to make its way back to the desired level, but, for all the reasons I have given, it has done so.”

He did not believe that Britain could join the euro before the next election, but it was nevertheless the right direction in which Britain should go:
“Joining the euro cannot be a policy, but it should remain a strategy and it should remain a legitimate aspiration for better times, years down the line, whatever Government are in power, underpinned by a confident vote from the British public as a whole.”
Read the whole speech here.